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WestJet Lands LaGuardia Slots

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Jack Nicas

Nov. 23, 2011 3:32 p.m. ET

Canadian budget carrier WestJet Airlines Ltd. said Wednesday that it won an auction for its first 16 slots at New York's LaGuardia Airport.

If WestJet can iron out a deal by Dec. 1 with the slots' seller, US Airways Group, the Calgary-based airline will own 1.4% of the airport's 1,144 slots, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. WestJet won the slots in an auction as part of an approved asset swap between US Airways and...